#248D9D#248D9D

#248D9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.093 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#248D9D
RGB	rgb(36, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -23.19, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 28.67, 216.01°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% -0.0807 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.093 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3356, 21.8572, 35.2497)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#248D9D #9D3424

analogous

#249D70 #248D9D #24509D

triadic

#248D9D #9D248D #8D9D24

tetradic

#248D9D #70249D #9D3424 #509D24

square

#248D9D #70249D #9D3424 #509D24

split-complementary

#248D9D #9D2450 #9D7024

monochromatic

#0D3439 #19606B #248D9D #2FBACF #61CBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#248D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#248D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #248D9D

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##248D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##248D9D	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #248d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(36, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.093 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73aeba',
    500: '#248d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #248d9d;
$custom-light: #73aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#248d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 36,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.934,
    "s": 62.694,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59331,
    "c": 0.09334,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#248D9D

secondary

#C06A5D

accent

#5842E6

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #248D9D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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